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Malaysia Airports Says Yet to Verify Who Owns Abandoned Planes

Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad said on Saturday it is still trying to verify who owns three Boeing jets abandoned at Kuala Lumpur International Airport for which it issued a rare lost-and-found newspaper notice last week. A cargo company has claimed the aircraft but Zainol Mohd Isa, general manager of the airports operator, said it needed more information to clearly establish ownership....

Air Atlanta Says It Returned Unclaimed Boeings to Owner

Air Atlanta Icelandic says it has "nothing to do" with the three unclaimed aircraft at KL International Airport (KLIA), adding that the planes were de-registered and returned to their owner. Air Atlanta Icelandic senior vice president of sales and marketing Baldvin M. Hermannsson told The Star in an email that the three aircraft did belong to Air Atlantia, but was returned to the...

Lost a Boeing 747 Lately? Malaysia in Hunt for Owner of 3 Boeings Left at Airport

The operator of the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang, Malaysia is looking for the owner of three Boeing 747-200F that have been left on its tarmac. The airport had put an advertisement in a local newspaper after failing to trace the owner of the three commercial planes. In the classified section of The Star newspaper, the airport operator Malaysia Airports (Sepang) Sdn Bhd, put...

GrabTaxi Takes to the Skies with GrabHELI

In an exclusive partnership with PhilJets, GrabTaxi adds GrabHeli to their growing product offerings. GrabHeli, which is in its beta stage, will be tested for three months. PhilJets, a startup in itself, is aligned with the goals of GrabTaxi in innovating and providing transport solutions to the country. “We are very happy to partner with GrabTaxi Philippines. In the 2 years th...

Malindo Air Introduces Daily Services To Colombo And Ho Chi Minh

Malindo Air today officially announced that all bookings are now open for its new services, Kuala Lumpur-Colombo-Kuala Lumpur and Kuala Lumpur-Ho Chi Minh-Kuala Lumpur. The daily flight to Colombo will commence on 18 December 2015, whereas daily services to Ho Chi Minh will start on 29 January 2016. The daily services to Sri Lanka and Vietnam mark the airline’s ninth and tenth countries resp...

Philippine Air Says Plans to Increase Aircraft Purchases, to Decide on Deal by Year-End

Philippine Airlines Inc (PAL) is in talks with Airbus Group SE and Boeing Co to buy as many as 12 aircraft and will decide on the purchase before the end of the year, the flag carrier's President Jaime Bautista told Reuters. PAL in August had said it was planning to buy eight planes, but Bautista said the amount had increased to cater to growing demand for long-haul flights to the Unit...

Philippine Airlines selects P&W PurePowere engines for A320neo family aircraft

Philippine Airlines (PAL), the Philippine flag carrier, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Pratt & Whitney to power its order of 15 firm plus 15 purchase right A321neo aircraft. Deliveries are scheduled to begin in 2017. Pratt & Whitney is a United Technologies Corp. "We pride ourselves on the fact that we embrace innovative technology within our aircraft fleet," sa...

Philippines Probes Airport Bullet-Planting Extortion

The Philippine government said on Wednesday (Nov. 4) it was investigating claims of a major extortion racket at the nation's main airport involving security personnel planting bullets in passengers' luggage. The allegations, which have dominated local news, prompted the United Nations to warn its staff of the potential dangers and the government to install extra security cameras at...

PAL Cancels over 200 Flights Due to APEC Manila

Philippine Airlines, Incorporated (PAL) on Saturday, October 31, announced 115 domestic and 96 international cancelled flights from November 15 to November 20 to give way to the arrival and departure of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders. The country, which is hosting APEC this year, will accommodate government and business leaders from its member-economies for the following meeti...

Haze Spreads to Java and Halts Flights from Bandung

The National Disaster Management Body (BNPB) has explained that the haze disaster that has seriously affected many parts of Sumatra and Kalimantan, disrupting transportation and causing health problems, has started to spread to Java. "Based on the results of monitoring by Himawari Satellite, the thin haze has started to cover the air above the Java Sea and is heading to Jakarta," said...

Swiss Man Jailed for Molesting Attendants on Cathay Pacific Flight to Hong Kong

A Swiss man was jailed for 30 days on Thursday after admitting to molesting three attendants on a Cathay Pacific flight. Rolf Rimann, 46, pressed the lower part of his body against flight attendant X and touched flight attendant Y's buttock when he was flying from Zurich to Hong Kong in September, Tsuen Wan Court heard. After molesting the two, Rimann grabbed the waist of a third flight...

Russian Missile Threat: Cathay Pacific Diverts Flights to Hong Kong Away from Caspian Sea and Iran

Cathay Pacific has suspended flights over Iran and the Caspian Sea following warnings from air safety agencies that Russian missiles targeting Syrian rebels pose a threat to passenger jets. The International Civil Aviation Organisation and the European Aviation Safety Agency issued safety advisories last week over intensifying military activity. Russia, since late September, has be...